CVE-2020-27697: Trend Micro Security 2020 (Consumer) contains a vulnerability in the installer package that could be exploited by placing a malicious DLL in a non-protected…

PriorityP336high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.56%

42.6th percentile

Trend Micro Security 2020 (Consumer) contains a vulnerability in the installer package that could be exploited by placing a malicious DLL in a non-protected location with high privileges (symlink attack) which can lead to obtaining administrative privileges during the installation of the product.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
trend_micro	trend_micro_security	—	—
trendmicro	antivirus_+_security_2020	<= 16.0	—
trendmicro	internet_security_2020	<= 16.0	—
trendmicro	maximum_security_2020	<= 16.0	—
trendmicro	premium_security_2020	<= 16.0	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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